中英文翻译计算机集成制造.doc
无锡职业技术学院专业英语翻译1专业英语翻译资料COMPUTERINTEGRATEDMANUFACTURINGCIMISTHETERMUSEDTODESCRIBETHEMOSTMODERNAPPROACHTOMANUFACTURINGALTHOUGHCIMENCOMPASSESMANYOFTHEOTHERADVANCEDMANUFACTURINGTECHNOLOGIES,ITISMORETHANANEWTECHNOLOGYORNEWCONCEPTCIMISACTUALLYANENTIRELYNEWAPPROACHTOMANUFACTURINGANEWWAYOFDOINGWAYOFDOINGBUSINESS计算机集成制造(CIM)是用来描述最先进的技术的术语,尽管CIM包括了很多其他先进的制造技术,但它却是一种更新的新技术或新概念。CIM实际上对经营提出了一条全新的道路。THETERM“COMPUTERINTEGRATEDMANUFACTURING”WASDEVELOPEDIN1974BYJOSEPHHARRINGTONASTHETITLEOFABOOKHEWROTETYINGISLANDSOFAUTOMATIONTOGETHERTHROUGHTHEUSEDOFCOMPUTERSITHASTAKENMANYYEARSFORCIMTODEVELOPASACONCEPT,BUTINTEGRATEDMANUFACTURINGISNOTREALLYNEWINFACTINTEGRATIONISWHEREMANUFACTURINGACTUALLYBEGANMANUFACTURINGHASDEVELOPEDTHROUGHFOURDISTINCTSTAGESMANUALMANUFACTURING,MECHANIZATION/SPECIALIZATION,AUTOMATIONANDINTEGRATION“计算机集成制造”这一术语是由JOSEPHHARRINGOTON在1974年提出的,作为他当时写的一本关于用计算机把自动岛连接起来的书的名称。CIM变成一种概念用了好多年,但集成制造并不是新近提出的。实际上集成是伴随着制造产生的。制造业经历了四个明显的阶段;手工制造,机械化/专业化,自动化和集成化。WITHTHEADVENTOFTHECOMPUTERAGE,MANUFACTURINGHAS